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Under-five mortality rate — Singapore

Under-five mortality rate in Singapore in 2024 — 2.7 per 1,000. Ranked 14 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 94.3%.

2024 2.7 per 1,000 +3.85% vs 2023
World rank 14of 196
Period maximum 47.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 2.4 per 1,0002020

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Singapore, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 47.7 per 1,0001962: 40.5 per 1,0001964: 36.5 per 1,0001966: 33.4 per 1,0001968: 30.2 per 1,0001970: 27.1 per 1,0001972: 24 per 1,0001974: 19.5 per 1,0001976: 16.2 per 1,0001978: 15.1 per 1,0001980: 14.7 per 1,0001982: 13.2 per 1,0001984: 11.6 per 1,0001986: 10.3 per 1,0001988: 9.1 per 1,0001990: 7.7 per 1,0001992: 6.3 per 1,0001994: 5.4 per 1,0001996: 4.8 per 1,0001998: 4.3 per 1,0002000: 3.9 per 1,0002002: 3.4 per 1,0002004: 3.1 per 1,0002006: 2.9 per 1,0002008: 2.8 per 1,0002010: 2.8 per 1,0002012: 2.8 per 1,0002014: 2.7 per 1,0002016: 2.6 per 1,0002018: 2.5 per 1,0002020: 2.4 per 1,0002022: 2.5 per 1,0002024: 2.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −45 (−94.34%) Average annual rate: -4.39 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Singapore

Singapore 2.7 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 13.2 per 1,000
South-Eastern Asia computed 19.3 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 4.8 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 2.7 +0.1 +3.85%
2023 2.6 +0.1 +4%
2022 2.5 +0.1 +4.17%
2021 2.4 +0 +0%
2020 2.4 −0.1 −4%
2019 2.5 +0 +0%
2018 2.5 −0.1 −3.85%
2017 2.6 +0 +0%
2016 2.6 −0.1 −3.7%
2015 2.7 +0 +0%
2014 2.7 −0.1 −3.57%
2013 2.8 +0 +0%
2012 2.8 +0 +0%
2011 2.8 +0 +0%
2010 2.8 +0 +0%
2009 2.8 +0 +0%
2008 2.8 −0.1 −3.45%
2007 2.9 +0 +0%
2006 2.9 −0.1 −3.33%
2005 3 −0.1 −3.23%
2004 3.1 −0.1 −3.13%
2003 3.2 −0.2 −5.88%
2002 3.4 −0.2 −5.56%
2001 3.6 −0.3 −7.69%
2000 3.9 −0.2 −4.88%
1999 4.1 −0.2 −4.65%
1998 4.3 −0.3 −6.52%
1997 4.6 −0.2 −4.17%
1996 4.8 −0.3 −5.88%
1995 5.1 −0.3 −5.56%
1994 5.4 −0.4 −6.9%
1993 5.8 −0.5 −7.94%
1992 6.3 −0.6 −8.7%
1991 6.9 −0.8 −10.39%
1990 7.7 −0.7 −8.33%
1989 8.4 −0.7 −7.69%
1988 9.1 −0.6 −6.19%
1987 9.7 −0.6 −5.83%
1986 10.3 −0.6 −5.5%
1985 10.9 −0.7 −6.03%
1984 11.6 −0.7 −5.69%
1983 12.3 −0.9 −6.82%
1982 13.2 −0.8 −5.71%
1981 14 −0.7 −4.76%
1980 14.7 −0.3 −2%
1979 15 −0.1 −0.66%
1978 15.1 −0.3 −1.95%
1977 15.4 −0.8 −4.94%
1976 16.2 −1.4 −7.95%
1975 17.6 −1.9 −9.74%
1974 19.5 −2.3 −10.55%
1973 21.8 −2.2 −9.17%
1972 24 −1.7 −6.61%
1971 25.7 −1.4 −5.17%
1970 27.1 −1.5 −5.24%
1969 28.6 −1.6 −5.3%
1968 30.2 −1.6 −5.03%
1967 31.8 −1.6 −4.79%
1966 33.4 −1.5 −4.3%
1965 34.9 −1.6 −4.38%
1964 36.5 −1.7 −4.45%
1963 38.2 −2.3 −5.68%
1962 40.5 −3.2 −7.32%
1961 43.7 −4 −8.39%
1960 47.7 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SG Singapore 2.7 MY Malaysia 8.3 TH Thailand 9 BN Brunei Darussalam 9.9 VN Vietnam 17.3 ID Indonesia 17.7 KH Cambodia 18.4 PH Philippines 26.5 LA Laos 29.4 MM Myanmar 36.9 TL Timor-Leste 47.6
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About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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